CONTENTS OF VOL. VIII. GAj<oe;v 
Second Series, 
Htatistxcs : — page 
Meteorolotry lor tlie year l«7i i-viii 
Imports of Corn, &c., British Wlieat sold, and Average rrices 
IX-XIII, XVI 
Acreage under each description of Croii, Fallow, and Grass; 
with number of Cattle, Sheej), and Tigs in Gieat Britain 
and Ireland, 1869, 1870, and 1871 Xiv-xv 
Importations and Average Prices of certain Foreign and 
Colonial Productions xvii-xvu 
Statistics of Dairy Produce, and Prices Current xix-xxiv 
AKIICLB TAoL 
I. — A Ilcview of Irish Agricultm'c, chiefly with Pcfcrcnco to the 
Production of Live Stock. Bj' Pi. 0. Pringle, Jiditor of ' The 
Irish Farmer's Gazette' 1 
II. — Method of Imj^rovinfi; the Labouring Classes by altering the 
conditions of Poor Kelief, and ^jrovidiug them with a system 
of Insurance through the Post Olhce. By the Eev. J. Y. 
Stratton, Rector of Ditton, Kent ,. .. 7G 
III. — The American Milk-Condensing Factories and Condensed Milk 
Manufacture. By X. A. Willard, A.M., of Herkimer, New 
York, Lecturer in Cornell University and in the Maine State 
Agricultural College ; President of the New York State Dairy- 
men's Association and Board of Trade, &c., &c 103 
ly. — On the Management of Grass Land, with especial Eeference to 
the Production of Meat. By H. S. Thompson, of Kirby 
Hall, York 1 
V. — The Kecords of Contagious Cattle Diseases in Yorkshire during 
the Years 1870-71. By J. Dent Dent, M.P 180 
VI. — On the Composition and Agricultural Value of Earth-Closet 
Manure. 13y Dr. Augustus Voelcker, F.R.S 185 
VII. — Interim Report ou Veterinary Investigations. By Proliessor 
J. B. Simonds 203 
VIII.— First Report of the Consulting Botanist 211 
IX. — On Straw-Blight, a Disease of "Wheat Straw. Bv W. Carru- 
thers, F.R.S^, F.L.S., Consulting Botanist .. ' 21.3 
X. — Annual Report of the Considting Chemist for 1871 215 
XI. — Quarterly Report of the Chemical Committee for December, 
1871, with proposed forms of Guarantee to be signed by 
vendors of Manures and Feeding Stuffs " 223 
XII.— On the Agricultural Geology of the Weald. By "William 
Topley, F.G.S., of the Geological Survey of Lngkind and 
Wales. ]\'ithaMa2) L'll 
XIII. — On Swedish Butter Factories as adapted to Small Farm Dis- 
tricts. By M. .Juhlin-Dannfelt, Superintendent of the Royal 
Agricultural Colle<!;e at Stockholm, and Honorary IMember of 
the Royal Agricultural Society of Kngland 2C7 
XIV. — Report on the Farm-Prize Competition of 1872. ]'y Thomas 
Bowstead, Eden Hall, Penrith 2~ir, 
XV. — The French P(!asnnt-Farmers' Seed Fund. l>y H. M. Jenkins, 
F.G.S., Honorary Secretary of the Fund, 117^. Facsimile ,, 325 
